Tag: El Segundo Brewing

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ESBC14

How does one celebrate a 14th anniversary?  Going gold and going cask is how.  El Segundo Brewing will be bringing out a new IPA and some fun casks on Saturday May 17th.

The caskfest consists of 6 casks made by each member of the ESBC brew team.  

-DDH 14th Anniversary IPA

-Clásica Mexican-Style Lager with honey, grapefruit and rosemary infused with bourbon

-Burn Off Hazy IPA with serrano peppers and sumo mandarin zest

-(the yet to be released) Crowner Kölsch w/ cacao nibs and coffee

-Harvest Legend Rice Lager with yuzu and ginger

-Stylus Stout with chocolate, vanilla, hazelnut

And that new IPA you ask? Well it is a West Coast IPA loaded with Strata, Citra, Citra Dynaboost, Amarillo, Columbus Cryo, and Simcoe hops.

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New Look ESBC

You may have noticed something different with Mayberry…

El Segundo Brewing is not only freshening up their label design, they are also adding beers to the line-up….

To be honest, I miss some of the graphic art on the cans. Just words can be a little dry to me, that said, I do like the split color look that is going on and I will be on the look-out for the two new beers on store shelves.

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El Segund-two

El Segundo Brewing had their Power Plant weekend recently but tucked in amongst those real, real big IPAs were two other beers you might want to add to your beer shopping list.

First up is Spark Plug, described as “just a little 4-percenter”.  A Light IPA hopped with Amarillo, Simcoe and Centennial.

Second is the first (surprisingly) Slice & Pint beer, Perfect Companion IPA.  It is “an IPA made to be enjoyed while eating pizza.” Hopped with Simcoe, Citra Dynaboost and Amarillo.

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Pizza Coast

I posted about Slice & Pint from El Segundo Brewing expanding to a second location down the road in Redondo Beach, well in no time flat, they already have a special beer for it.

Naturally, it is an IPA. Now to find the right pizza for it.

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Review – Fresh Wave XPA from El Segundo Brewing

El Segundo Brewing is throwing it back to the ’80s in both beer style and font with their Fresh Wave XPA, Extra Pale Ale. Like most monikers XPA is a bit weird give it is basically just word replacing. Session IPA is a bit cleaner and understandable.

That said, let’s taste the liquid inside and not get too hung up on verbiage. At 4.9%, this is low ABV but that first sip doesn’t give too much away because the hops come in the front door, loud. There is a second wave of malt where the lightness of the body shows up but at the end, it tastes almost like a hoppy Wit as a tropical burst comes in.

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El Redondo

El Segundo Brewing’s Slice and Pint is expanding to Redondo Beach!

They will be taking over the Pizza Coast Hiway space before September finishes. So now those south of the South Bay can get their pizza fix and more importantly El Segundo beer without heading towards LAX.

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Alt and Smokey

El Segundo Brewing is up to their third collaboration with noted home brewer John Palmer.  First was a Dunkelbock and second was a Czech Dark Lager and now their is a Smoked Altbier.

Altbier is a Düsseldorf classic but this has a smoked malt twist.  Beechwood to be precise.  

Maybe when they get to a fourth European style, they will do a mixed four-pack.

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Oktoberfest SoCal – Part 1

Throughout the month, I will be highlighting some Festbiers from Los Angeles ( and adjacent county ) breweries that will be readily available for your Germanic beer needs, here is post # 1…

Around the horn, clockwise, we have Oaktoberfest, a classic from Firestone Walker, Bear Ears from Brouwerij West, Huftgold from El Segundo Brewing and Das Hof from Hermosa Brewing.